Nepenthes tentaculata Species Profile
Nepenthes tentaculata is a highland species of pitcher plant native to Borneo and Sulawesi. The species is named for tentacle-like appendages emerging from the upper surface of the lid. In…
Nepenthes singalana Species Profile
Nepenthes singalana is a highland species of pitcher plants endemic to the peaks of the Barisan Mountains - a range of volcanoes on the western side of Sumatra. Upper pitcher…
Nepenthes mirabilis Species Profile
Nepenthes mirabilis is a species of lowland pitcher plant native to coastal regions stretching from southern China to Australia. Across its range exists remarkable variation, and the collection of plants…
Nepenthes rafflesiana Species Profile
Nepenthes rafflesiana is a lowland pitcher plant native to Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. The species is known for its large size and showy pitchers. It is named in honour of…
Nepenthes gymnamphora Species Profile
Nepenthes gymnamphora is a species of pitcher plant native to highland regions of Sumatra and Java. The taxonomy of the species is complex, with some authors distinguishing N. pectinata and…
Nepenthes gracilis Species Profile
Nepenthes gracilis is a species of tropical pitcher plant common in lowland regions across South East Asia. The species is named for its slender pitchers, which are relatively demure but…
Nepenthes ampullaria – Sumatra
In 2018, my travels took me to the Harau Valley in West Sumatra, a scenic region where tall sandstone cliffs rise dramatically out of the rice paddies below. After climbing…
Nepenthes albomarginata Species Profile
Nepenthes albomarginata is named for its distinctive band of white trichomes under its peristome. These trichomes are attractive to termites, which feed on them and inadvertently become prey themselves when…
Nepenthes eustachya Species Profile
Nepenthes eustachya is a lowland species endemic to Sumatra. The plant produces some of the most gaudy traps in the genus, with pitchers coloured with splashes of cream, red and…
Nepenthes rhombicaulis Species Profile
Nepenthes rhombicaulis is mainly known from a few mountains in the Toba region of North Sumatra, where it grows in the highlands above roughly 1,500 m elevation. The species often…